Hayden Paddon is an auto car racer who has been using AltoLab for years. It helps him keep his heart rate down while he is driving. Ordinarily, the stress of driving at high speed during a race caused his heart rate to skyrocket above 220 bpm. After using AltoLab, it stayed around 180-190 bpm, much more manageable to keep "cool and calm" and to think straight at those high speeds...
Overtraining is a problem for many athletes (10 to 20 percent of those who train intensively) and appears to be relatively common in endurance athletes. Some well established warning signs include: increased muscle soreness; delay of muscular recovery; inability to perform at the previous training load; poor-quality of sleep; decreased vigor; swelling of lymph nodes; high illness frequency; and loss of appetite. Among other factors that may increase the...
AltoLab Altitude Simulator
Vs.
Living and Training At Altitude
Little change from normal
Physical discomfort
Increase in blood volume, better blood circulation and O2 supply throughout body
Decrease in blood volume, by up to 25%
Growth of muscle tissue
Reduction in muscle mass
No change to normal
Reduced training intensity in thinner air
Affordable, easy 15-day program
Expensive, disruptive, away from home
How do you do the first 15 days of training with AltoLab? We generally advise athletes to follow the traditional protocol for their first 15 days of training. That is a program where the saturation targets get progressively lower over the 15 days starting around 90% saturation and ending around 80-83%. The first time you use AltoLab determine a benchmark for how many black cups (AltoMixers) you need to reach 90% and...
Altitude training is gaining acceptance For a number of years now we have been advising athletes we coach to utilize AltoLab to simulate altitude and get improvements in performance. There has been positive feedback from them about the benefits. The first athlete we trialed it with was professional triathlete & world junior duathlon champion Jamie Hunt and it helped take him to 4th place at the world long distance champs,...
Training at low altitude and racing high makes it super important to have a solid base of training behind you and a flexible game plan for race day. In this article from RunnersWorld.com titled "How to Train for the Mile-High Marathon" highlights strategies to consider like: Training by effort, racing by effort Getting specific course information Planning your arrival time and leaving expectations at home And often one of the most...
After completing the 15 day AltoLab program and a five day top up this was the result. Collin Leiba - Breaking The Indoor Rowing 500M British Record. This took place on Sunday 20th September. Watch and enjoy!
Improves anaerobic capacity & endurance at high exertion Improves lactate clearance Up to 15% increase in O2 carrying capacity & efficiency, especially with repeated use Increases Lactate Threshold = measure of fitness Increases VO2 max, amount of O2 body can hold, more power, more endurance Increases mitochondria in muscle cells to provide more efficient energy conversion Increases muscle capillaries to improve O2 delivery Increases EPO in blood...
If you think running a marathon is a feat in itself, imagine doing an ultra-marathon up and down a mountain. Skyrunning is the extreme sport of mountain running with athletes known as skyrunners. The idea started from Italian mountaineers and were pioneers of races on Mont Blanc in the early 90's, since then the races have taken off across the world's mountains. With races above 6,000 ft. it is not your...
Kipsang followed up his New York City marathon victory with a second place finish in April's London Marathon before not finishing the IAAF World Championship marathon in Beijing in late August.
[Sports Illustrated]
Avoiding late-race fatigue and the importance of muscle changes by Interval Hypoxic Exposure (IHE) cannot be overstated. Realize that 45% of your body weight is muscle. Doing (IHE) can increase the oxygen storage and mitochondrial content by over 10% in just a week or two and even more after a few months.
Men’s and women’s elite World Championship titles decided in heated battles this week!
[Triathlete Europe]
